Corner-fastening for bedsteads.



E. E. WlTTKOPP.

CORNER FASTENING FOR EDSTEADS. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 19l3.

1,197,880. Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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EDWIN E. WI'ITKOPE', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES i W. A. JACOBS, OF CHICAGQILLI NOIS.

CORNER-FASTENING FOR BEDSTTLADS. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWIN E. VITTKOIP,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Fastenings for Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening the side-rails of bedsteads to the corner posts or standards thereof, and its object is to provide a novel and improved fastening of this kind which is simple in construction, and which permits the bedstead to be readily set up and also taken apart for inspecting and cleaning of the joints.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is an elevation partly broken away, showing the application of the invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the two members comprising the fastening.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes one of the corner posts or standards of a bedstead, and 6 denotes a fragment of one of the side-rails. On the side of the corner post which is next to the end of the side-rail is fastened, by screws 7 or other suitable means, one member of the fastener, the same comprising a metal plate 8 having in one of its vertical edges a pair of inwardly extending and downwardly curved recesses 9. These recesses are intermediate the top and bottom of the plate, and said 'atermediate portion of the plate is reduced. in thickness from its inner face, so that when it is mounted in place on the corner post, the reduced portion having the recesses is spaced from the corner post to accommodate the heads of the lugs of the complementary member to be presently described. In the top and bottom portions of the plate are apertures through which the fastening means 7 pass.

The other member of the fastener comprises a plate 10 mounted over the end of the side-rail 6 and having inwardly projecting, vertically spaced flanges 11 between which the side-rail is received and held by screws 12 or other fastening means passing through said flanges into the top and bottom of the side-rail. From the face of the plate 10 extend lugs 13 having a head 14:. These lugs are adapted to be inserted into the recesses 9, and upon allowing the side-rail to drop down until the lugs reach the bottom ofthe recesses, the side-rail is securely fastened to the corner post 5. The recessed portion of the plate 8 is spaced from the corner post sufficiently to accommodate the heads of the lugs, and as the width of the recesses is less than the diameter of the heads, endwise separation of the parts is effectually prevented. By thus spacing the plate 8 from the corner post, it is also possible to clean the corners of the bed without taking the latter apart.

It will be noted that the edges of the recesses 9 are rounded or convex, and the shanks of the lugs 13 are correspondingly shaped to make a snug fit, which prevents.

accidental displacement and rattling.

The parts herein described provide a simple, strong and durable fastening, and one which enables the bedstead to be easily and quickly set up or taken down, the recesses 9 being in the outer edge of the plate 7 The drawing shows the fastening device at one corner only, but it is, of course, to be understood that a similar fastening device will be provided at each corner.

I claim:

A fastening comprising a plate which has perforations adjacent to its ends to receive fasteners, a support on which said plate is mounted and secured by fasteners passing through the perforations, the intermediate portion of the plate being reduced in thickness to space the rear face of the plate from the support, and said reduced portion having edge recesses on one side, said recesses extending inward and downward, and a complementary member comprising a plate having outstanding headed lugs on its face adapt-ed to seat in the aforesaid edge recesses, the heads of the lugs being located In testimony whereof I afiix my signature behind the reduced portion of the first-Inenin presence of two witnesses.

tioned plate in the space between the same EDWVIN E. WITTKOPP. and the support on which said plate is Witnesses:

mounted, and the lug heads being spaced S. J. LEHRER,

from said support. H. G. BATCHELOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0. 

